Gossypium tomentosum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Gossypium |
Subgenus: | G. subg. Karpas |
Species: | G. tomentosum
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Binomial name | |
Gossypium tomentosum |
Gossypium tomentosum, commonly known as maÊ»o, huluhulu or Hawaiian cotton, is a species of cotton plant that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It inhabits low shrublands at elevations from sea level to 120 m (390 ft). [2] MaÊ»o is a shrub that reaches a height of 1.5â5 ft (0.46â1.52 m) and a diameter of 5â10 ft (1.5â3.0 m). [3] The seed hairs (lint) are short and reddish brown, unsuitable for spinning or twisting into thread.
Genetic studies indicate that Hawaiian cotton is related to American species of Gossypium, with its closest relative Gossypium hirsutum. [4] Its ancestor may have come to the islands from the Americas as a seed on the wind or in the droppings of a bird, or as part of floating debris. [5]
Native Hawaiians use maʻo flowers to make a yellow dye. [6]
Gossypium tomentosum is proposed, based on biogeographic evidence and molecular data, to have originated by transoceanic dispersal from a Mesoamerican progenitor.
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Gossypium tomentosum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Gossypium |
Subgenus: | G. subg. Karpas |
Species: | G. tomentosum
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Binomial name | |
Gossypium tomentosum |
Gossypium tomentosum, commonly known as maÊ»o, huluhulu or Hawaiian cotton, is a species of cotton plant that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It inhabits low shrublands at elevations from sea level to 120 m (390 ft). [2] MaÊ»o is a shrub that reaches a height of 1.5â5 ft (0.46â1.52 m) and a diameter of 5â10 ft (1.5â3.0 m). [3] The seed hairs (lint) are short and reddish brown, unsuitable for spinning or twisting into thread.
Genetic studies indicate that Hawaiian cotton is related to American species of Gossypium, with its closest relative Gossypium hirsutum. [4] Its ancestor may have come to the islands from the Americas as a seed on the wind or in the droppings of a bird, or as part of floating debris. [5]
Native Hawaiians use maʻo flowers to make a yellow dye. [6]
Gossypium tomentosum is proposed, based on biogeographic evidence and molecular data, to have originated by transoceanic dispersal from a Mesoamerican progenitor.
Media related to
Gossypium tomentosum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to
Gossypium tomentosum at Wikispecies